Program Support Assistant (OA) at USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

This position is located with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Midwest Area, Ames, IA.

In this position, you will serve as a personal assistant to the Research Leader (RL) and other professional staff, coordinating a wide variety of administrative and clerical tasks essential to the program administration of the Management Unit.

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Establishing, maintaining, and revising an office filing system.Serving as principal timekeeper for an office.Preparing travel requests and vouchers for foreign and domestic travel.Scheduling conferences and meetings, including arranging logistics, preparing agendas, and notifying participants.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

Time in grade: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade to be considered for the next higher grade (e.g. one year at the GS-05 grade level for consideration for the GS-06 grade level).

GS-06

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-06 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-05 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience applying established guidelines involving program or administrative processes; assisting with office administration tasks including coordinating travel, ordering office supplies or receiving leave requests; and using word processing programs to edit documents.

Applicants must be able to type at least 40 words per minute.

GS-07

Specialized Experience : Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: Qualifying experience for GS-07 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-06 which is directly related to the work of this position and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, specialized experience is reviewing and editing reports intended for public dissemination; purchasing and procuring supplies and equipment; and coordinating events including conferences, seminars, or trainings.

Applicants must be able to type at least 40 words per minute.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

This position does not have an education qualification requirement

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